Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

today i pulled in the gas station and shut the ped off while i was inside came out and it wouldent start. i had to put my hand over the air box to get it to start as soon as i gave it gas it stalled right back out. so i finaly figured out if i featyher the gas till i get up to speed i could get to work. it started and ran to my house no problems and now i just went back to the store and the problen has come back. the only way i can get it to go is if i feather the gas till about 10 15 mph. its a 1987 honda elite. any ideas?

that would be a vacume problem probibly. by feathering your had your creating a vast amount of vacume, makeing more gas come thru. also you may have sucked someting into your carb, clean it.

im sorry i forgot to mention it only does it when the engin is cold. once it warms up it goes away

bad bystarter, or unhoked bystarter, my aero has a bad one and thats what i have to do until it warms up

i dont think its bad. its the bystarter from the tank. its only almost 2 years old less than 2000 miles on it.

im prety sure i found the preblem. i havent been able to test it yet cause its raining. i has a gas leak where the reed valves are that gasket was leaking

nope i cleaned the carb and stoped the gas leak yet it still seems to be progresivly getting worst

i think my engine just blew. i pulled in the driveway and it made a weird sputter sound and stalled out. now it wont restart.

ok now after waiting for a while i pulled the plug turned it over a cople times had great spark put it back in and now it runs like nothing was ever wrong with it. there was some water under the cap on the plug that i dryed off could this have been my problem?

ok the best i could desclibe what its doin is ya know how a car feals when one cylender isent iring and your just struglin to move thats what my elite feals like. i think something major went cause it backfired and stalled befor i got to my driveway.

UMM I NEED HELP HERE IM LITERALY ABOUT TO ,START DRIVING THE TANK AGAIN!

ok i finaly think i may have gotten it. i changed my electrionic timing thing with the one from my 84 spree and it seems to have solved my problem. i'll find out as i ride it.

ok i gave it my officail test. i took it throgh the woods out back behind my house. its prety much a mud trail. the hour i was out there it dident stall out or loose power when i needed it. my problem is fixed.

Define the "electronic timing thing. Do you mean the pulse generator (below the flywheel/fan assembly) or the CDI (buy the battery)???

oh ok this was a long time ago i changed the cdi box.